Unlike my (unfortunately) normal apology, I'm going to make this one short. You may notice that the name of this post is kind of weird in grammar - I mean, being part of the grammar police it was torture for me to include two random capital letters in a phrase - but it's supposed to be a pun.
Today, I watched About Time for the second time (I watched it first on Valentines day - by myself!) If you haven't seen this film, I really urge you to watch it because I simply think that it's beautiful.
Granted, some may find it too cheesy at points, but cheesiness aside, it's not that smelly at all. It has a really strong moral about making the most of every day, which has really inspired me both times I've watched it now. It makes you think about how things you worry about, like how England didn't get far in the World Cup, or how you fell over at work today before your big meeting, or how you have a huge spot on your nose which will ruin tomorrow's party for you, actually, in the long run, don't matter at all. So what does matter? How about how the pavement shines when it's been raining, or how a dog is eternally happy to see its family in the morning, or how there are people in the world who care about you.
Basically, what I'm saying is: life is short. It could be shorter than you plan it to be, or it could be seemingly long but wasted with trivial worries and frowns. So make the most of the little things, and be happy. It's definitely hard sometimes, but often something you're worrying about now (there must be something!) won't even matter in a week or two.
So when you next wake up in the morning, wake up smiling. Wake up thinking that today will be a good day. Because there's never a day when skipping down the train platform or breaking into dance in the middle of a restaurant isn't okay. It's your life, so you might as well make it a good one.
The main character in About Time talks about his extraordinary ordinary life, and believe me, the rest of us don't need to be able to travel in time to make ours pretty extraordinary too.
Thanks for reading,
The (very emotional and) happy blogger
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